Smoke from a rapidly spreading brush fire in western Miami-Dade County has drifted into surrounding neighborhoods as the blaze has reached 600 acres, and Broward County is now under an air quality alert.
Early on June 16, the Quarry 2 Wildfire was 30% contained, though air quality concerns and traffic disruptions were still affecting parts of South Florida.
What happened?
The incident started on Monday afternoon. According to USA TODAY, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service were dispatched at 2:56 p.m. on June 15 to a First Alarm grass fire near Northwest 137th Avenue and Northwest 41st Street.
At 12:40 a.m. on June 16, the Florida Forest Service’s active wildfire map listed the Quarry 2 Wildfire at 600 burned acres with 30% containment…